Swimming banned at Zach's Bay after shark sighting
(AP) - Cue the ominous theme music. Visitors to Zach's Bay in Jones Beach State Park were bannedfrom swimming after a shark sighting on Thursday morning. George Gorman, deputy regional director for
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Jul 18, 2008, 3:19 PM
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(AP) - Cue the ominous theme music.
Visitors to Zach's Bay in Jones Beach State Park were bannedfrom swimming after a shark sighting on Thursday morning.
George Gorman, deputy regional director for the state parks,said the fish was believed to be a thresher shark, about 4 to 6feet long.
He said the bay had about 20 people there at the time.
Authorities surveying the area turned up no signs of the animal,and Gorman said it appeared to have left. The bay is scheduled tobe reopened for swimming on Friday morning.
A 5-foot thresher shark washed up on a city beach in September.
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